Daily Hampshire Gazette
Speaking of Nature: A bitter rivalry: American vs. Asiatic Bittersweet
As the deciduous trees slowly lose their leaves, they start to reveal long-held secrets. At first the most obvious secrets are the nests of birds that you may have spent the summer looking for.…
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6mArea Briefs: South Hadley to hold conversation about new school project
South Hadley schools to hold community conversation SOUTH HADLEY — South Hadley Public Schools will hold an community conversation on Nov. 19 about the $115.3 million Mosier Elementary School building project. Officials at the meeting will discuss the latest designs and plans for the proposed school building. The meeting begins at 5 p.m. with a […]
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Guest columnist John Paradis: Hegseth unfit to lead and must go
By Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s definition, I’m a weirdo. I have Taylor Swift friendship bracelets, I dance to Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club,” and I embrace and openly celebrate my LGBTQ+ family members and dear friends. I’m often eccentric, quirky, and can be unconventional at times. I also wear dog tags that indicate my Unitarian […]
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Clean power won. Now comes the hard part
Sometimes, change comes at you so fast that you forget to congratulate yourself on what you’ve achieved. Take the switch of the world’s electricity grids from fossil fuels to clean power. The transition to renewables will “require generations of perseverance” and be harder than previous shifts between wood, coal, oil and gas, which took half […]
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3mA Look Back, Nov. 10
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10mVoters demand transparency, but lawmakers may limit reach of Question 1
There was no mistaking the will of the people on Question 1. Voters overwhelmingly approved the ballot measure on Election Day, with more than 86% backing an expansion of Massachusetts’ public records law to include the Legislature and the governor’s office. It was the widest margin of any of the nine ballot questions in an election in which nearly 1.17 million people had cast ballots before polls opened. Over the summer, the state Senate passed a bill promoting transparency and public access in state government. But, concerned about the separation of powers and the lengthy litigation that could follow from passing […]